Toy revolver including means for holding the hammer in either intermediate or fully cocked position



Nov. 23, 1965 J. w. RYAN TOY REVOLVER INCLUDING MEANS FOR HOLDING THE HAMMER IN EITHER INTERMEDIATE OR FULLY COCKED POSITION Filed March 7, 1962 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 VI. alfflw Nov. 23, 1965 J. w. RYAN 3,219,023

TOY REVOLVER INCLUDING MEANs EOE HOLDING THE HAMMER IN EITHER INTERMEDIATE OR FULLY OOOKED POSITION Filed March '7, 1962 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. L/O/// H @V0/V United States Patent ilice 3,219,023 Patented Nov. 23, 1965 Filed Mar. 7, 1962, Ser. No. 178,095 2 Claims. (Cl. 124-30) This invention relates to improvements in a toy revolver and more particularly to improvement in a toy shooting shell revolver of the type which is capabIe of shooting bullet-shaped pellets of simulated cartridges therefrom. j

With reference to the design of toy guns for children,

the current trend is to provide more and more features for children to operate. Such features make a substantial contribution in producing a more realistic toy gun for children. Also, such features add to the interest of children in toy guns. Accordingly, the present invention adds several new features to a toy revolver. This invenztion includes an ejector mechanism for a spent -or fully loaded cartridge. Another improvement of my invention is an intermediate cocked position where the revolver vmay be loaded or unloaded without being able to be tired. `Still another feature of this invention consists of the ability of this toy revolver to be fully loaded and then fired by pulling the trigger while also the hammer may be rst cocked by hand and then tired by pulling the trigger.

It is, therefore, an object` of my invention to provide an improved toy revolver of the shooting-shell type having an ejector mechanism which removes a spent or fully loaded cartridge."

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved toy revolver which has an intermediate cocked position of the hammer which permits the loading or unloading of simulated cartridges for the revolver.

A further object of my invention is to provide an improved toy revolver of the type where in addition to double-action-operation,--the hammer may be pulled by hand into a fullycocked position and remain cocked until thetrigger'is pulled, thereby releasing the hammer and fixing the revolver. v l These and other objects will be more readily understood by reference-'tothe following specification, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which FIGRE 1 is a left side view, in elevation, of a toy revolver designed and constructed in accordance with this invention, with parts broken away for greater clarity.

FIGURE 2 is a section taken along line 2 2 of FIG. l.

FIGURE 3 is a section taken along line 3 3 of FIG.1.

FIGURE 4 is a section taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3.

FIGURES 5, 6 and 7 are views of the trigger mechanism in diierent positions as viewed from the right hand side of the revolver.

FIGURE 8 is a view taken along line 8-8 of FIG. 1.

FIGURE 9 is a fragmentary view showing the relationship between the cylinder plate and the clyinder rotating pawl.

With reference more particularly to the drawings, a toy revolver is shown therein by way of illustration, but not of limitation, and is generally indicated by the reference number 10. The revolver 10 is made up of a frame 12 composed of two halves joined together along a longitudinal axis as illustrated in the drawings, a handle 14, a tubular barrel 16, a sight 18, and a trigger guard 20.

An improvement over the prior art is shown in FIG. 4, which illustrates a novel feature of this invention of an ejector mechanism for the purpose of ejecting the spent or fully loaded cartridge through the door at the rear of the gun housing.

The ejector mechanism 22 is shown in FIG. 4 and consists of ejector rod 24 which is springloaded by ejector spring 26 and is movable into a retracted poistion underneath the gun barrel 16. Ejector rod 24 can be moved towards the rear by lever 28 mounted thereon to eject a spent or fully loaded cartridge through the pivotally mounted door 30 at the rear of frame 12.

A guide member 32 supports the end of ejector rod 24 which is inserted through hole 34 of guide member 32. The vlower'portion of guide member 32 has a circular opening 36 which ts around the hub 38 of the cartridge cylinder 40 so 'that the guide member 32 rides on the hub 38.

The cartridge cylinder 40 is supported by cylinder shaft 42 which is inserted through bore 43 of the cartridge cylinder 40 and which extends through bore 46 in the gun frame 12 into a socket 48 formed in the center of the cylinder plate 50. The socket 48 of the cylinder plate 50 is supported in position when two halves of the gun frame 12 are joined together by abutment 52 mounted on one half of the frame 12 and Elshaped abutment 54 mounted on the' other half of the frame 12. A spring 56 inserted between the ends of the socket 48 of cylinder plate 50 and the end 0f the socket formed by abutment 52 and abutment 54 takes up any play which may occur inthe movement of the cylinder shaft 42. A pawl mechanism controls the rotation of the cartridge cylinder 40 by means of a pawl lever 58 which is pivotally mounted to the bottom portion of the' hammer 60. Pawl lever 58 has a slot 62 so it can be urged upward by horseshoespring 64 bearing against a shoulder 66 of the pawl lever 58' n The pawl lever 58 engages a series of 6 pins 68 centrally located and circumferentially spaced on the cylinder plate 50 by means of a projection 70 at the upper en'd of the pawl lever 58. As the hammer 60 is pulled back to the fully cocked position, the hammer 60 rotates counterclockwise around its pivot 72 mounted on the frame 12 and the lower portion of the hammer 60,` where lthe pawl lever 58 is pivotally mounted, moves upward,

thereby raising the pawl lever 58 up so that its projection 70 engages one of the pins 68 which causes the cartridge -cylinder 40 to rotate 60 degrees or one sixth of a complete revolution of cylinder 40.

FIGURE 5 illustrates an improvement provided in this invention consisting `of an intermediate cocked position of the hammer 60 to permit loading or unloading of the revolver and clockwise rotation of the cartridge cylinder 40.

As shown in FIGURE 5, the hammer 60 is pulled back by hand into an intermediate cocked position and maintained there by trigger projection 74 of the trigger 76 engaging a shoulder 78 at the lower portion of the hammer 60, and by a step 80 in the stop member 82 engaging a iinger projection 84 of the lower portion of the hammer 60. The stop member 82 is spring urged in acounterclockwise direction by stop spring 86 and is pivotally mounted on the same shaft 88 as the trigger 76 but is not connected to the trigger 76 in any way. The trigger 76 is spring urged in a counterclockwise direction by triger spring 90 and is pivotally mounted on shaft 88.

When the hammer 60 is pulled back into the intermediate position and maintained there as aforesaid, the

i lower portion of the hammer 60 moves upward in a manner similar to that when the hammer is in the fully cocked position, but it moves only about half as far, so that the pawl lever 58 is not raised up enough to engage the pins 68 with the projection 70 for a full 60 rotation of the cartridge cylinder 40. In this intermediate position, the pawl lever 58 rocks back and forth, slipping over the pins 68 of the cylinder plate 50 to permit free rotation clockwise of the cylinder plate 50 and thus the cartridge cylinder 40. Thus, the revolver may be loaded or unloaded in this intermediate position on opening the door 30.

FIGURE 6 shows the revolver in a fully cocked position of the hammer 60 with the cylinder 40 locked. As the hammer is pulled further backward from the intermediate position shown in FIGURE 5, pawl lever 58 moves up as previously described so that its projection 70 engages one of pins 68 thereby causing a full 60 rotation of the cartridge cylinder 40. In this fully cocked position, the top of the pawl lever 58 engages the lower portion of the stop 92 and is fixed in position, thereby preventing further rotation of the cylinder 40 the stop is in the form of a flat transverse surface formed by parts of the side frames and it has an opening in it through which the extending part of the hammer passes to engage the shells in the bores of the cylinder 40.

Simultaneously with the movement of the hammer 60 into the fully cocked position, the step 80 of the stop member 82 becomes disengaged from the linger projection 84 of the hammer 60 and the linger projection 84 then becomes engaged with the tips 94 of the stop member 82. Stop spring 86 maintains its counterclockwise urging of stop member 82 and this urging is counterbalanced by the clockwise urging of the hammer 60 by hammer spring 96. Although the hammer 60 has been rotated, thereby causing trigger projection 74 to rotate clockwise, trigger projection 74 maintains its engagement with shoulder 78 of the hammer 60 in the fully cocked position. Due to the rotation of the hammer 60, the trigger 76 is moved back toward the rear portion of the trigger guard 20. In this manner, the hammer 60 is maintained in a fully cocked position with the cylinder 40 locked.

FIGURE 7 shows the revolver 10 in the fired position of the hammer 60 striking a cartridge (not shown). As the trigger 76 is pulled back as far as it will go, the trigger projection 74 becomes disengaged from shoulder 78 of the hammer 60, and a pin 98 on the trigger 76 pushes the stop member 82 and its tip 94 out of engagement with the finger projection 84 of the hammer 60, thereby releasing the hammer 60 and subjecting the hammer 60 to the action of hammer spring 96 which automatically pivots the hammer 60 forward into engagement with a cartridge (not shown) to re the revolver.

Thus, my invention provides a double action revolver which can be fully cocked by hand and then fired by pulling the trigger.

While I have shown and described by invention herein in what I believe to be the most preferred and practical embodiment, it is understood that various changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. In a toy revolver having a revolving cartridge cylinder and a frame, and a tubular barrel mounted on one end of the frame, the combination comprising: a pivotally mounted hammer on said frame, Said hammer including an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion having a trigger-engaging shoulder and a finger projection provided thereon, a spring biased trigger actuating means to actuate the hammer in forward and reverse pivoting movements, said spring biased trigger acuating means being pivotally mounted in said frame adjacent said hammer and including a trigger projection engageable with said trigger-engaging shoulder to actuate said hammer in said reverse pivoting movement, a trigger pin on said trigger actuating means, and spring means biasing said hammer for said forward movement, means for holding the hammer in an intermediate position or in fully cocked position from which it can be released by pulling the trigger, said holding means being rotatably mounted in said frame, independently of said trigger actuating means, in the path of travel of said trigger pin and having an end surface at one end and a step portion intermediate its ends, said step portion being engageable with said inger projection to retain said hammer in said intermediate position, said end surface being directly engageable with said nger projection to retain said hammer in said fully cocked position, said holding means being rotated out of engagement with said hammer upon engagement of said holding means by said trigger pin.

2. A toy revolver as in claim 1 including means actuatable by the trigger to rotate the cylinder and including means to prevent rotation of the cylinder when the hammer is in fully cocked position.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS Re. 652 2/1859 Ells 42-65 99,505 2/1870 White 42-68 X 158,957 l/l87-5 Mason 42-68 X 210,506 l2/1878 Dodge 42-65 336,021 2/1886 Smith 42-65 2,733,529 2/1956 Ruger 42--67 2,855,715 l0/l958 Weimer 42-58 2,927,390 3/ 1960 Lewis 42-65 DELBERT B. LOWE, Primary Examiner. 

1. IN A TOY REVOLVER HAVING A REVOLVING CARTRIDGE CYLINDER AND A FRAME, AND A TUBULAR BARREL MOUNTED ON ONE END OF THE FRAME, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED HAMMER ON SAID FRAME, SAID HAMMER INCLUDING AN UPPER PORTION AN A LOWER PORTION, SAID LOWER PORTION HAVING A TRIGGER-ENGAGING SHOULDER AND A FINGER PROJECTING PROVIDED THEREON, A SPRING BIASED TRIGGER ACTUATING MEANS TO ACTUATE THE HAMMER IN FORWARD AND REVERSE PIVOTING MOVEMENTS, SAID SPRING BIASED TRIGGER ACTUATING MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID FRAME ADJACENT SAID HAMMER AND INCLUDING A TRIGGER PROJECTION ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID TRIGGER-ENGAGING SHOULDER TO ACTUATE SAID HAMMBER IN SAID REVERSE PIVOTING MOVEMENT, A TRIGGER PIN ON SAID TRIGGER ACTUATING MEANS, AND SPRING MEANS BIASING SAID HAMMBER FOR SAID FORWARD MOVEMENT, MEANS FOR HOLDING 